Treatment of Vascular Injury During Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment strategy for vascular injury during balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) was uncertain.

Objectives

This study aimed to identify an optimal therapeutic strategy for vascular injury during BPA in patients with CTEPH.

Methods

This study reviewed 207 patients with CTEPH and 956 BPA procedures between November 1, 2012 and November 30, 2015. Patients who were diagnosed with vascular injury during BPA, which was defined as angiographic signs or sudden respiratory and hemodynamic defects were included in this study. The study investigated the safety and efficacy of the hierarchically systematic treatment strategy including gelatin sponge embolization (GSE).

Results

More than one-

SUBMITTER: Ejiri K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9877217 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature